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do you know this riddle?

how is a raven like a writing desk?

i have heard this rittle many times in movies and cartoons. but they never give the answer. does anyone know????

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  • 2 decades ago
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    it is actually older than alice in wonderland, the characters didn't know the answer but the classic solution is "poe wrote on both" because edgar allen poe wrote about the raven and he used his writing desk.

  • JZ
    Lv 5
    2 decades ago

    The riddle comes from Alice in Wonderland. Alice asks the White Hare and Madd Hatter if they know the answer to it, but they don't and it is never revealed. The following link might help.

    http://virtual.park.uga.edu/eng3k/spring01/materia...

  • 2 decades ago

    This is a riddle from Lewis Carrol and is famous for having been created with no answer.

  • 2 decades ago

    Because there is an "O" in both and an "R" in neither.

    Meaning an "O" in the WORD both and an "R" in the WORD neither. This is from Alice in Wonderland.

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  • Anonymous
    2 decades ago

    both of them have legs.

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